Where: Pot Smoker BBQ, 340 Edgefield Road, North Augusta, SC 29841 – map www.thepotsmokerbbq.com This the monthly dinner meeting of the premier Miata Club in the CSRA. Come out and have some eats with fellow[...]

Location: The Outing Club in Aiken, SC. The Outing Club is located, appropriately enough, on Outing Club Rd which is off the 118 By-pass about 2 miles from USC Aiken. The entrance gate (33.595227, -81.762587)[...]

First there were 8 people coming, then there were six and then just four, so the Masons stopped at the Bogarduses in their pickup to pick up the Bogardus’s stuff to take to the track. Donna and Karol decided to walk to the track while Brian and Dennis would drive. The guys drove the truck a half mile south to get ice, then back to Boardman Rd so Brian could get the Miata. Because of the gate the vehicles were supposed to enter they had to drive 2-1/2 miles north to almost downtown Aiken, a half mile east and then the 2-1/2 miles back south on a different road to the racetrack. After all that, the guys and the two vehicles still arrived at the designated parking spot a couple minutes before the ladies walked their one mile.

Brian & Donna were originally not going to drive the Miata to the races, figuring someone else could use the parking pass, but seeing as it was just the two couples going they figured someone had to represent. Sort of good thing they did, it attracted a couple of fellow Miata owners from nearby parking spots and Brian got to hand out a couple of Club calling cards.

The gates opened at 9 and by 9:30 we had the Mason’s pop-up awning in place, chairs laid out and our tailgating spot all set up. It was basically cloudy all morning, but precisely at the 1:00PM post time for the first race it started sprinkling. After the first race ended, it stopped. It didn’t exactly work out like that all afternoon, but it certainly seemed to, dry in between, precipitation during the 5 minutes of racing time. It poured and thundered a little during the big money 4th race, but the damp weather didn’t dampen anyone’s spirit in our little corner of the race course.

Morgan’s 3 Wheeler is more fun than a car really should be in 2013. It’s also more fun than a horse. Bear with us, it’ll all make sense soon. (And as explained in a British accent, it’ll sounds so convincing.)